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There have been a lot of hacking incidents in the past year and many big companies, including Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu and Motorola, have been the target of hackers who want to steal the data stored on their systems.

The hackers normally steal the customer data, such as names, addresses, phone numbers and credit card details and then they can use or sell the data in order to make money. Because of the hacking incidents, many of the large companies are now increasing their online security...

Internet Explorer users with the Windows XP operating system need to practice caution around web sites that prompt them to press the F1 key (the key for Help) due to a new vulnerability that has been discovered in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability would allow a hacker to highjack your PC if you press F1 when prompted on a malicious web site.

Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday. According to the advisory, “Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in VBScript...

Tips 6-10 in our Windows 7 tips series are below. See yesterday’s post for tips 1-5.

Tip 6: Managing Your Windows

•Windows 7 simplifies document and program management by allowing you to “dock” a window or manipulate its size with one mouse maneuver or a simple keystroke.

•To dock your window on one half of the screen, drag it to the left or right and it will change its size to fit that half of the screen.

- To manipulate the vertical size of a window, drag the window to the top to maximize it, or...

Microsoft released its 7^th version of the Windows Desktop operating system back on October 22^nd.  Although it is the 7^th version of Windows this number is a little deceiving because there have actually been 25 versions released.  Starting with Windows 1.0 then 2.0, Microsoft release three versions in 3 (3.0, 3.11 & NT).  The first version was released in 1985 but that is enough of the history lesson.

Many of us in the technology industry held our breath to see how Windows 7 would perform in the...

One of the most dangerous aspects of using wireless networks is exposing yourself to what is known as a “man-in-the middle” attack. It is something you’ll want to consider before you send personal information over a free wireless network at a local coffee shop.

It basically works like this: Two parties communicate with each other over a network. A third party, unknown to the other two, intercepts a message, reads it, redirects it to someone else, or changes the content. If successful, all...

If you are like many mobile phone users, you have been subject to annoying spam messages sent to your phone. Looking for an easy way to get rid of these messages?

This article provides a handy guide for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon users who would like to block spam messages on their phones.

While the problem is not extremely widespread in the US just yet, many international users receive multiple mobile spam messages each day. Follow the directions in the article to stop your mobile...